# Facebook parent company Meta plans to build its own sub-sea cable — the source says the company plans to “avoid areas of geopolitical tension”

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/facebook-parent-company-meta-plans-to-build-its-own-sub-sea-cable-the-source-says-the-company-plans-to-avoid-areas-of-geopolitical-tension/
- Published: 2024-12-01T09:00:41-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: kovop via Shutterstock. Article by Jowi Morales. Tom’s Hardware – November 29, 2024. Meta is planning to build a 40,000-kilometer fiber-optic subsea cable to span the entire length of the globe. This project is expected to cost over $10 billion, say some experts, and will connect the East Coast of the U.S. to South Africa, India, and Australia before going up across the Pacific to the West Coast. […] Click here to view original web page at www.tomshardware.com